Elletu's Trilogy: Will Her Third Surgery Be a Charm?

November 12, 2015 - Harrison Hospital, Silverdale, WA
 
As the historian for our group, I keep track of major events in the lives of the BVG's. Yesterday Elletu had pelvic surgery for the third time, and for the third time I was there with her to be her family representative. Elletu got out of her street clothes and in to the cutest gown which must have been made by Bair, hence the Bair Paws label. Her feet looked lovely in the non-skid red socks. She asked for a cocktail, and they must have given her something good because she became very relaxed. Once they put her blue hat on her, they moved her and her bed off to the operating room where they sent her off to dreamland and went exploring way up in her uterus. I know, TMI for a blog, right? But I think it's amazing that I am the one who figured out her problem. Once I saw the picture they took of her uterus, I could clearly see what her issue is: She has four uteruses! (Would that be uteri? Uterusses?) I'm surprised her doctor didn't catch that. It's kind of odd, I suppose, but Elletu and I actually have a good time at the hospital. We make the most of whatever situation we find ourselves in. We laugh. I take pictures. And when they call me back to Recovery when she is awake and doing well, I am the one who helps her dress back in her clothes, and then I take her home to my house to eat homemade soup, drink Ginger Ale, and we watch movies. Yesterday we watched "Pretty Woman" and "Return to Me." We figured out that 25 years ago she and I went to the Plaza Twin Theater in downtown Port Orchard on a hot, sunny, summer afternoon, and when we came back out in the sunshine, we felt kind of sleazy and dirty. Yesterday we just relaxed and had fun, she in my husband's recliner, I in mine, with pillows and blankies. She needed to rest, and I needed to be there for her, just in case. Speaking of my husband, he was kind and drove us to the hospital and back yesterday, and he ran errands for Elletu, like picking up her prescriptions and buying her an Eggnog Latte.